Chickpea Delight

Ingredients

• 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas
• 14½ ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
• 14 ounce package veggie ground meat, crumbled
• 3 medium cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 1-inch piece cinnamon stick

Procedures

1. Drain the chickpeas and reserve ¾ cup liquid.
2. In a 3½-quart or larger electric slow cooker, combine the chickpeas with the reserved liquid, the diced tomatoes with liquid, Lightlife Gimme Lean™, garlic, onion and ginger.
3. Stir in the pepper, cloves, cumin, cardamom, coriander, salt, bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
4. Cover and cook at low setting for 8 to 9 hours.
5. Remove and discard the bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
6. Serve hot.